Hi Folks
I'm particularly interested in
the concept of pooling a police controlled UAV
to do "event security and media coverage"
Surely the two tasks are not compatible?
Possibly -
Media coverage != coverage by the media
Media coverage == coverage of the media
e.g.
Inspector Plod to squaddies -
"best behaviour lads, there's a media team approaching"
Who will have control of the joystick,
the outside broadcast director or the chief constable?
Possibly neither.
May be a 3rd party organisation e.g. BAeSystems MAS/Detica.
With agreement for UAVs to fly in the UK "expected" in 2011
and with the 2012 Olympics approaching
are the simultaneous multi role capabilities of UAVs being oversold
Don't think so from the unclassified footage I'd seen.
Visitors to this summer's V Festival, (not sure which site),
will be under the multi-spectral hi-res beady eyes mounted on a UAV airship.
150kg payload will provide a lot of camera systems.
I'm interested if anyone has further info.
ATB
Paul